ConfederateScott
Enlightened
I went to a gunshow today and one of the vendors had a table full of knock-off Surefire flashlights for sale. Upon walking up to the table I was stunned to see the prices which were less than half price for new Surefires. But when I picked one up I felt the edges were sharp on the tailcap fins of the E2D and the clicky was a reverse clicky. I took the tailcap off and the head off and looked more closely. Then I glanced up at the vendor and told him the light was not a genuine Surefire. He readily said, "Yeah, those are clones". I looked at a few more and walked on. The same vendor was selling counterfeit Eotech rifle sights which are very high dollar sights. He called them "clones" also. In my opinion the body of the E2D could have passed for a Surefire body. It was pretty well built and the SF logo looked authentic. The threads were kind of sharp though. The head and the tailcap had features that stood out as being fake to anyone who has held and used Surefires to any degree. I'm not sure the vendor would have been so forthcoming if I hadn't let him know that I knew. I've been a member here for a long time and I go to gunshows regularly but I've never read anything about counterfeits here (that I remember anyway) and I've never seen them before at gunshows. Are they common in other parts of the U.S.? Is this something new?
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